People have been killed by plane crashes while sitting in their homes. Planes have crash landed on highways.

That jogger had a much better chance of winning a mega-lottery that day than being hit by a plane while jogging on the beach.

Statistically, I'm in far more danger walking across my street.

But if I'd been jogging with that guy....

Not really. Maybe whistle is the wrong word, foghorn? iPod headphones can be loud, but its not a soundbooth.

Why would it be high pitch? Or be turned on for normal use?
Ok , pilot didn't put landing gear down, but he had the time, he was talking to air traffic control.

Whistle is louder than yelling.
The jogger obviously wasn't deaf, and most people aren't deaf.
Also, whistle is cheaper than parachute.

If only there was something to alert joggers,
some cheap signal that says i-am-coming-get-out-my-way,
some kind of whistle device, you know, like cars and boats have,


ps, i never suggested legislation, something this cheap and obvious shouldn't require legislation

Maybe a beep beep horn?
Please honk three times before crashing


(It is still a very freak accident, and the comment about the jogger running the wrong way is funny, a bit off, but still funny.)

ever heard of the Doppler effect?

ever tried to shout against the wind?

Those are two assumptions (cheap, obvious) that would have to be certified for flight and certified for every airplane it is to be installed in which guarantees negation of "cheap" and threatens "obvious."

Don't you want fixed-gear airplanes to whistle too? That'll be a different device since it'll have to be activated when...... hmmm.

It was a terrible accident. Those happen sometimes.

Is this really a credible threat? I don't think it is. A systemic problem? Find similar incidents then (you must have data):

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

What ever happened to simply accepting some things as just "fate", "Karma", "divine intervention", et al? A gamma ray burst that just happened to be pointing at the earth would be devastating, but impossible to forecast or prevent.

Along with incredibly long shot odds -

A batter in a MLB game hit his mother in the stands with a foul tip. Odds at this happening - 100%.

Think about it, it happened.

Odds at it re-occuring, I don't wanna think about a number that big.